Your Technical Area

Technical Area update – make use of the HETAS Technical Area

Have you made use of your Technical Area? Launched in 2016, the Technical Area is the go to resource for HETAS Registrants. From Bulletins to Technical Notes through to useful links and documents. Recently uploaded is the Ready to Burn Bulletin.

The HETAS Technical Area is a free to use benefit for HETAS registrants and contains a wealth of information to support the guidance provided through your training, helpline support and Technical Handbook.

In the Technical Area you will find:

All of the HETAS Technical Bulletins

The recent

Technical Notes – from thatch guidance to CO alarm positioning

All of our e-newsletters (from 2013 onwards)

Detailed guidance on Energy Labelling Requirements

In addition this dedicated platform offers useful links, guidance documents and documentation to support registrants in their daily work. Useful links include:

COSHH guidance

CDM Regulations

Working at Height

Personal Protective Equipment

Asbestos

Guidance from Which? Trusted Traders

Back in January the requirement for Energy Labelling for roomheater stoves come into force. Click here to find out more or visit the HETAS Technical Area for detailed guidance.

HETAS Technical Bulletin 8

Last week we published HETAS Technical Bulletin 8 with updates on hot topics, including an update on direct air guidance, system chimneys and distance to combustibles, commissioning records and the latest FAQ’s from the helpline team. All the Technical Bulletins are available in the HETAS Technical Area.

The eighth installment of the HETAS Technical Bulletin. In this edition of the bulletin we include updates on the following topics:

Complying with the Energy Labelling Directive
Revision of the HETAS Commissioning Record
Further Guidance for Direct External Air Supply
Latest from the Technical Helpline
Metal System Chimneys and Clearances to Combustibles

As well as giving our stakeholders this sort of support, HETAS is very much involved with standards setting in the UK and Europe. Part of our role is to support installers, retailers, sweeps and manufacturers by encouraging safe, but pragmatic standards and Building Regulations guidance that is fit for purpose but not over burdensome on our industry and we hope you find 5the bulletins informative.

Find out more

Click here to access the HETAS Technical Area where you can download each of the bulletins and much more information exclusively available to HETAS Registered Installers, Approved Sweeps and Retailers. Detailed guidance can be found on the following topics:

Direct External Air Supply
Energy Labelling
Support Documentation – risk assessments | complaints | quotation templates
HSE guidance links
All of our monthly e-newsletters

If you have a technical question you can contact the helpline team on 01684 278194 or email technical@hetas.co.uk.

Copies of the new External Air Supply Commissioning Record can be purchased by installers in the HETAS Shop.

The articles produced as a result of conversations we have with registrants, training centres and inspectors, but we are always welcoming of suggestions on articles that would be of benefit to our registrants.

Click here to get in touch with the HETAS team.